Super PAC · NY

New Yorkers for Lower Costs

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00948851.

Which side

Mostly helps Democrats

100% of the $70K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 100%Helps Republicans 0%

Backs

  1. Claire ValdezDemocrat$70K

Run by Howie Stanger (treasurer) More

Biggest funders Fig and Olive Action, Inc. $100K · UAW National Vcap $100K · UAW Region 9a Vcap $100K More

On the record

Type
Super PAC1
Based in
New York, NY1

Who runs it

The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.

Treasurer
Howie Stanger1

Who funds it

It reported raising $660K: $660K from individuals and $0 from other committees.4

Companies, groups and committees5

The biggest givers that aren't individuals, from its itemized receipts. Transfers from affiliated committees count.

Fig and Olive Action, Inc.Company or group1 gift$100,000
UAW National VcapCompany or group1 gift$100,000
UAW Region 9a VcapCompany or group1 gift$100,000

Individuals

We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.

  • $353K from 14 itemized gifts by individuals6
  • 100% came in gifts of $2,000 or more6
  • Top states: New York $233K, Florida $100K, California $20K, Minnesota $1506

Where its donors work6

Block1 gifts$100,000
Pajcic & Pajcic1 gifts$100,000
Food Fight Labs3 gifts$25,020
180 Studios1 gifts$20,000
Thomson Reuters1 gifts$150

Employers as donors wrote them. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through June 30, 2026.2

Raised$660K
Spent$757K
Cash on hand$88K
Outside spending to June 30$357K
  • From individuals $660K

Outside spending in races

Ads, mail and other spending about candidates, made without the campaigns, from notices it must file within 24 or 48 hours. These run to May 15, 2026, later than the summary above.3

Spent to help: $70K

Claire Valdez DemocratU.S. House, New York 7th District (2026)$69,986

Sources

Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: New Yorkers for Lower Costs (C00948851)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00948851/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: New Yorkers for Lower Costs financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00948851/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through June 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: independent expenditures by New Yorkers for Lower Costs, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/independent-expenditures/?committee_id=C00948851&cycle=2026
    24- and 48-hour notices · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  5. 5
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  6. 6
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to New Yorkers for Lower Costs, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00948851&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026